This reindeer is a very cuddly toy to knit for Christmas. Measuring 41cm (16 inches) tall from base of his feet to the tips of his antlers, he’s knitted flat on straight 3mm knitting needles (so NO knitting in the round is needed).

The pattern is easy to follow and fully illustrated, taking you step-by-step through knitting and making up your reindeer and his colourful dungarees. You’ll just need to be able to cast on, cast off, knit, purl, and work increasing and decreasing stitches to complete this pattern.

You can use any double knitting yarn you have to make this toy and his clothes. We used these yarns:

• Just under half a ball of Stylecraft Special DK in Stone (1710) for each reindeer’s main colour
• Very small amount of King Cole Glitz Dk in Cherry (481) for nose
• Small amount of Stylecraft Special Dk in Grey (1099) for antlers
• King Cole Big Value Tweed Dk in Berry (153) for the red dungarees and Stylecraft Special Dk in Cornish Blue (1841) for the blue ones. about 40g
• 7g of Wendy Peter Pan Dk in Star (PD18) for the yellow scarf and Wendy Peter Pan Dk in Spring Leaf for the green

You’ll also need:

• A spare double-pointed knitting needle to hold stitches
• Darning needle
• Toy stuffing
• A pair of 6mm black safety eyes with click-on backs OR you can embroider the eyes with black Dk yarn as shown